Many licensed and some free script-driven apps have encoded program code, which is not human readable. The idea behind this is to prevent the reverse engineering and the unwanted use of such apps. Among the most popular encryption tools used for this particular purpose is named Zend Guard and it's very popular because it can be used to modify any PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The sole way for the encrypted files to run effectively on a web server after that is when an additional tool called Zend Optimizer is present. In the event that you'd like to work with any kind of paid web software requiring Zend Optimizer, you should ensure that it is set up on the server where you'll host your site. Furthermore, websites which need the tool will perform better since their program code is already precompiled and optimized, and therefore it's executed faster.
Zend Optimizer in Cloud Website Hosting
Zend Optimizer comes with all the servers that are a part of our innovative cloud web hosting platform. No matter which cloud website hosting you acquire, you can take advantage of the instrument to guarantee that any script application that requires it will operate flawlessly in your account. Using a convenient instrument from the Advanced area of the Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with all of the website hosting accounts, you will be able to activate and deactivate different functions with a button. Zend Optimizer will be one of them, so even if this happens to be your first website hosting account ever, you won't have any issues. In the very same area you can also choose the PHP version for your account - 4 and multiple versions of 5, therefore any time you change to one that you have not used yet, you can activate Zend Optimizer for it with a single click. Since our platform allows you to use a couple of PHP versions at once, more advanced users can enable the tool for a particular site with a php.ini file in a specific domain folder as well.
Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers
We have installed Zend Optimizer on all of the servers that are part of our cutting-edge cloud web hosting platform and considering that all semi-dedicated server accounts are created on it, you will be able to enable and use Zend for any script app which you want to use with no more than a single click. In addition, you can select the PHP version that will be active for your account, so if you move to some other version, you only have to go to the Advanced section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and click on the On button for Zend Optimizer - it's as simple as that. If you switch the version back, Zend will already be active. More experienced users will also have the opportunity to set the PHP release and to enable Zend Optimizer only for a single site by placing a php.ini file with the needed code in the corresponding domain folder.